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Preservation Wins as Moscow Bulldozers Spare Church
In Moscow a 17th century Church of Simeon Stolpnik was spared while slum clearance proceeds for a large urban renewal project. Nikolai Sobolev, chief inspector for architectural monuments, leads efforts to protect churches including St. Basil's, among about 1,200 official monuments and 250 candidates amid housing pressures and modernization.
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Moscow
Simeon Stolpnik
Nikolai N. Sobolev
Sobolev
Red Square
St. Basil’s
Kremlin
Ivan the Terrible